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人生は長い曲がりくねった道だ。

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人生 長い 曲がりくねった

English Translation

Life is a long and winding road.

Furigana

人生(じんせい)(なが)()がりくねった(みち)だ。

Romanji

Jinsei wa nagai magarikunetta michi da.

Words

人生 (じんせい)
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
長い (ながい)
long (distance); long (time); lengthy
曲がりくねる (まがりくねる)
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
(みち)
road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings